The 'Xbox Maverick' console will be named 'Xbox One S All-Digital Edition,' preorders in April 2019
With the release of the Xbox One S Disc-less console coming out soon and it's rumoured that Lockhart is also disc-less, it's becoming that Microsoft is aggressively transitioning to digital purchase only.
Project xCloud will support all digital Xbox One games
However XCloud relies entirely on digital purchase content to play games anywhere. So I see physical discs to become an inconvenience to the average consumer in the Xbox ecosystem. Buying discs means that you are only playing games on a console and cannot play on other devices. So at this point buying physical discs is becoming a big sacrifice to swallow for the average consumer to handle, especially since you are stuck on console hardware.
It pretty much explains why Microsoft is also going to offer a disc to digital program, since they probably know that lots of people will use the program. https://www.thurrott.com/xbox/192184/microsofts-building-a-disc-less-xbox-one-for-release-in-2019
I think this is a good thing for consumers, that digital purchases are going to have more benefit overall, compared to now there isn't much benefit going all digital other than connivence. Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft should give a good reason to go full digital and this is a good way to do that.
However I don't think discs will completely go away, however in the case of the Xbox ecosystem, you'll have to pay more for Anaconda hardware to play physical games vs the cheaper option of Lockhart while getting very little flexibility in return.
With the release of the Xbox One S Disc-less console coming out soon and it's rumoured that Lockhart is also disc-less, it's becoming that Microsoft is aggressively transitioning to digital purchase only.
Project xCloud will support all digital Xbox One games
However XCloud relies entirely on digital purchase content to play games anywhere. So I see physical discs to become an inconvenience to the average consumer in the Xbox ecosystem. Buying discs means that you are only playing games on a console and cannot play on other devices. So at this point buying physical discs is becoming a big sacrifice to swallow for the average consumer to handle, especially since you are stuck on console hardware.
It pretty much explains why Microsoft is also going to offer a disc to digital program, since they probably know that lots of people will use the program. https://www.thurrott.com/xbox/192184/microsofts-building-a-disc-less-xbox-one-for-release-in-2019
I think this is a good thing for consumers, that digital purchases are going to have more benefit overall, compared to now there isn't much benefit going all digital other than connivence. Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft should give a good reason to go full digital and this is a good way to do that.
However I don't think discs will completely go away, however in the case of the Xbox ecosystem, you'll have to pay more for Anaconda hardware to play physical games vs the cheaper option of Lockhart while getting very little flexibility in return.
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